Yes, that's what it says.
Boogers on the wall.
As a Mom who has chosen to work at home. And it is work. I would say that I am pretty lucky and I enjoy most aspects of my job. I love the hugs, the teaching, the baking, the laughing, the challenges of every day. I feel blessed that I am the one they pour their little hearts out to, that they run to me when they have a problem, and that I get to hear all their silly stories. I don't even mind the cooking....I don't hate the vacuuming. (we have pets..it must be done)
So here it is, the big confession. I hate the rest of the cleaning. Hate it.
Today I had one of those you have got to be kidding me!! moments.
Upstairs I go to clean my darlings bathroom. Start the wonderful job of the toilet.
How on earth can two tiny little creatures do THAT to a toilet in just a few short days?
Whatever, get out the gloves..that is what they are for...and then..HUH?
What is that technicolor, lumpy, smeared, oozing like mass on the wall beside the commode?
Good grief it is a collection of boogers.
I have failed as a parent.
Sigh.
One of my children is wiping their nose on the wall?
Judging from the artistic pattern, a little imaginative play is being used. Finger painting at it's finest.
I will not post a picture...I don't want to take the risk of losing any readers!
No one tells you about this stuff when you settle down and have kids.
Just another Glamorous day in the Suburbs.
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47 comments:
Thank you for sparing us the photos! =)
Aren't children creative? Hahaha!
LOL!! I always wonder what possesses kids to smear stuff on walls...ICK!!! you made mre smile this morn
Hahahaa!
The visual was enough, no need for a photo :)
before I had kids I visited a friends house that had kids and on one of thelittle girls doll's hair her brother purposely put boogers in the dolls hair...now at the time I was thinking...what horrible parents! what horrible children! my kids would never do that when I have kids! HA!
kids are just another way that God humbles you and knocks you off of your hugh horse...lol. I found boogers in the oddest places and yes its utterly disgusting! bathroom walls yes, often...and elsewhere too. gross. yuck...
I love it. HA! HA! Those little boggers of yours leaving you surprises like that. Kids are very creative in all different ways. HAVE A BLESS DAY!!!
Gina
motherof1princessand2princes.blogspot.com
What is the fascination with bodily secretions?
Okay, I'll admit it...I take a look, too. :)
LOL - ah yes! I remember those days all to well.....reminds me that maybe a teenager isn't so bad after all...
Don't feel bad...my boys did that too. One of them had a bunk bed. He always slept on the top bunk. When we moved to a new house and had to move the bunk I was horrified that hidden behind the railing on the wall...yep...boogers!! Seriously? Kids can be so yucky sometimes....lol.
The joys of motherhood. Have you found them between your seats in the car? You might want to look. Another favorite booger hang out.
DH & I discovered that my DS has been wiping boogers up under the arm of DH's reclined on the fabric. Of course DH found them the hard way, rubbing his hand across something crunchy. The bad thing is....my son's not 4 or 5. My son is 9!! 9 yrs old and wiping boogers on the furniture.
This is exactly why i stay FAR away from all walls of the school i am in. FAR away.
This is exactly why i stay FAR away from all walls of the school i am in. FAR away.
OMG! Ewww!!!! ;)
look at the bright side...they were being artistic...smiles.
yes, isn't gross! i am so squimish, i just gag. i had a little talk with my son after i discovered a booger in the shower. i was horrified! ok have to stop now, i'm feeling sick again. yuck!
I have a part-time job driving a school bus. Trust me when I say a LOT of kids pick it and wipe it. I have to clean a lot of boogers off the windows and seats. Horrible person that I am, it gives me just a little satisfaction that these same kids also tend to be the window lickers.
Oh the things I have to look forward too....and from what I hear boys are even more gross. Not sure what tops boogers on the wall though...maybe poop? Oh I'd kill him! :)
Happy Earth Day!
I am dying laughing...because I TOO have seen this. Girls? Huh? Gross!!!!! And no one would admit to it. Gross. Again, GROSS!!!
My girls keep their bathroom as clean as an old gas station toilet room in the middle of no where. GROSS!!
There's usually POOP on the walls of my boys' bathroom. Talk about nasty.
Oh that is precious (not really)! Yeah, kids have a way with boogers. We always tell my son that we figure his occupation will be gold digger b/c of all the "digging" he does. Disgusting!
That cracks me up, only because my youngest puts them on his wall behind his bed. Wonderful huh? I have to take my fingernails to flick them off...yuk!
You made me laugh this morning...and what is it with kids and bathrooms...they are so gross!
Oh boy I am seriously worried now. The worst I've seen it so far is my nephew wiping his boogers on our leather couch!
That's pretty funny! I say that the wall is not so bad considering the alternative. Hee hee. Have a grat day!
That actually sounds worse than the cat poop incident at my house. P.S. I started another blog yesterday. www.housewifeinhighheels.com I still need to make a button for it.
Gotta love boys! I found a collection of boogers behind one of my boys beds a year ago. So gross!
Mine uses his sheet right next to his pillow...hey, it reminds me to change the bed sheets more often... *GAG*
What a fun blog! Sorry it took me so long to get ?here. Boogers on the wall? Gotta love the kids!
OMG! That is so funny. My 4 year old will usually come to me with her index finger sticking out asking me to be the boo off of it Lol!! I thought that was normal :)
Well, once they dry out they're pretty easy to flick off. I mind the fresh ones they bring me more.
OK. I so want to see a photo. Come on. That is too funny.
Toilets are tough. Sometimes I go into the dry gag mode.
Sounds like the boogers might be something I would see at the TATE MODERN in London.
If this happened 2 years ago I would sit here and yell, "I'll TRADE YOU!!!". My son went through a phase where he didn't think he had to wipe his butt after a poop. Why?? Because he would check it with his FINGERS to see if there was poop on them. If there WAS poop on them, he wiped it on the wall beside the toilet. Then? He didn't have to wipe after all. Because the poop was off his butt, onto his finger, then VOILA! Onto the wall we go.
I do NOT miss those smelly days.
Oh goodness... yes, I look forward to being mom, but there are quite a few things that I do NOT look forward to haha.
Perhaps covering your walls with Kleenexes would be a good idea...
An older married friend of mine once told me the secret to a happy life is a housekeeper. I plan on testing that theory.
You are brave! I don't think I have the guts to be a full time mom.
I have found a few on the side of the commode. YUCK. At least yours is doing art at the same time. You have to give them credit for multitasking. LOL
You could do a pencil rubbing and then we could see the artistic pattern of the creation!
The things children do never stop amazing me. Do you ever wonder whats going through their little brains? I know I do.
I need to do this just so I can laugh when my wife blames the kids.
They definitely don't talk about boogers on the wall. You should write a book about all the things they don't tell you lol.
THANK YOU for not posting pictures because I would have been at my toilet throwing up. I made it through the post, that is one thing I cannot handle, never could.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeew
just eeew!
i don't even like dealing with my own boogers.. i'm weird like that, lol
Kids like to do things just to do it...why not? Funny!!
I love Bossy Betty's comment. Good idea! You are so right; nobody tells you these things. If they did, do you think alot of people would have to think twice?
Yuck, my boys do it too,and it seems that sometimes they must flick them so the land on the door! I often wonder what the CSI guys would make of it, 'judging by the trajectory, the perp must have been sitting on the john....'
"Mom don't remove those boogers ! That's my collection" My exact words 10 years ago...when i was 5(yup i'm 15 now)
liz
Seriously..how much further did they have to go to find the tissue? They are funny, those kids, aren't they?
Oh wow!! That is hilarious! LOL With 5 kidddos....3 of them boys...I won't TELL you what else I've found in their bathroom on the wall. HAH!!
I know this is an older post, but I came across your blog when searching for, you guessed it, "cleaning boogers off the wall." Any insight on how you got it off without ruining the paint? We're moving and moved his bed, and apparently my 6-year-old has been finger painting with his boogers on the wall behind his bunk bed since he was around 3 or so. Perhaps I should just buy a gallon of "booger green" paint and finish the job for the new owners.
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